THE CONGRESS: The Plunge

Where previous Congresses for 40 years
have merely wetted a toe and walked away, the House of Representatives
last week took a momentous plunge: it approved the St. Lawrence Seaway
project.

Since the Senate did likewise last January, the final political obstacle
was removed from the great engineering dream which would make seaports
of such cities as Toledo, Buffalo and Toronto.

Ever since he became a member of the old Rivers & Harbors Committee in
1933, Michigan's Congressman George Anthony Dondero has championed the
seaway. As Public Works Committee chairman, he steered the bill through
the House this year despite continued...